The Severn Trent Trust are celebrating 20 years of service in 2017, and to honour this fantastic milestone, we will be participating in a number of activities and challenges over a 12 month period. Our aim is to raise £20,000 for WaterAid by March 2018. Along with our team we need you to help us to achieve this and make a difference.

Previous events

February 2018

Tuesday 27th February was the day that executives from Severn Trent Water and Auriga Services were locked in a cell to help raise £20k for WaterAid UK. The challenge was one from a yearlong of activities organised to celebrate 20 years of the Severn Trent Trust Fund operating.
Tony Ballance, Director of Strategy and Regulation at Severn Trent Water and CEO of Auriga Services, Mark Abrams were sent to the cells in the 'Lock Up', formerly Steelhouse Lane Prison in Birmingham with only their phone...

December 2017

On the 7th and 8th December Severn Trent Trust Fund and Auriga employees took on their ninth and final challenge of the year, raising money for WaterAid at the Gracechurch Shopping Centre in Sutton Coldfield.
Volunteers spent two days cycling their way to meet the 200km target on static bikes, donated by Better Gym in Mere Green and the Gym Group, Sutton Coldfield.
Whilst it was physically challenging on the legs, the cold weather conditions also had an impact, the team didn't give up and cycled...

November 2017

During the week commencing 13th November, four members of Auriga Services dived into the pool as they continued their journey to raise money for WaterAid UK to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Severn Trent Trust Fund.
The challenge took place at Wyndley Leisure Centre, Sutton Coldfield, who kindly donated a lane for us to use throughout the week. The goal was to swim 20,000m over the course of the week involving 800 lengths for our four keen swimmers.
The team swam in groups of 2 each...

October 2017

The Severn Trent Trust Fund Charity Quiz took place on Thursday 26th October at the Royal Hotel in Sutton Coldfield and what a night it was. Ten teams entered the quiz, hoping to be crowned champions of the evening.
Whilst there was a lot of fun and laughter, there was also some 'healthy' competition in the pursuit to complete the quiz and the challenging rounds including water,history, sport and music.
All the teams did exceptionally well but the winners of the night were Auriga Assist who...

On Monday 2nd October, Auriga Services CEO Mark Abrams took on a sailing challenge as part of the Severn Trent Trust Fund's 20 Charity Challenges.
Originally the challenge started as an idea to complete a "round the island" sail of the Isle of Wight which is around 50 nautical miles. This idea then transpired further into the challenge that Mark and 5 other keen sailors undertook.
They set sail from Gosport early Monday morning on board the Fuller Spirit a yacht owned by Birmingham businessman...

On Sunday the 1st October, a team of 11 from the Severn Trent Trust Fund took part in Tough Sh!t, an event organised by WaterAid.
The challenging 9k course held at Severn Trent's Carsington Water, Ashbourne saw the team take on a series of challenges including crawling through a mud-filled tent, scaling through a brook and climbing through a mud soaked hill!
The team did incredibly well and managed to complete the course in 1 hour 45 minutes, raising over £1,000.
Catherine White, Bid Manager...

September 2017

Four intrepid members of the marketing team at Auriga took to the skies and raised over £2,000 for the Severn Trent Trust Fund 20th Anniversary charity, WaterAid.
Carol Arnold, Ruth Clarke, Catherine White and Tom Bonser conquered their fears to do the tandem skydive at the British Parachute Schools ltd, Nottingham.
Ruth Clarke, marketing manager at Auriga said "It was an incredible experience for all of us. I'm really proud of our team for taking on the challenge. The support has been fantastic...

June 2017

We were delighted to join thousands of other runners that took part in the Great Midlands Fun Run 2017. This fantastic local event took place on Sunday 4th June and was the 15th Great Midlands Fun Run and the 36th fun run held in Sutton Coldfield.

There was a real festival atmosphere as more than 6,000 runners, including hundreds in fancy dress took to the 8.5...

April 2017

We all loved our water themed bake-off that took place last week. Just like on the TV show, bakers practised their creations at home and wowed the judges when the bake-off took place on Monday 24 April.

Staff that entered made a contribution to our charity for the year ‘Water Aid’ and our partners at Severn Trent Water sent their top judging team to choose the winners.